Barbarella Suite

My experience at this 'hotel' was as disappointing as it was overpriced. I use the term 'hotel' VERY loosely because this is not a hotel, but rather a converted floor of an ugly 1960s office block. It's charmless from the moment you enter the front doors of this building until when you proceed up the 9 floors to the reception of this depressing hovel. Below are some pros and cons of Barbarella Suites. PROS: Very good location, central, close to the port. The receptionist was polite. CONS: This building is not a hotel. It's an office block, and a particularly ugly one at that. Our bedroom was located right off the reception area, which I have never seen before in my life. If you want to get your rocks off, better make it quiet! The decor in the rooms was shoddy. Very grey, very dated, every bit as lacking in charm as the rest of this gloomy office block. Paint was scratched and the walls were marked. The room had a sizable balcony which would be useful in the summer, however inside it had these horrible wonky Persian blinds that made the room feel more like a set from a dodgy detective movie. The bathroom was pitiful. The shower doors hadn't been sealed properly, so every time you had a shower, the floor flooded. The warm water would cut out intermittently and the pressure was poor too. The check out time was 10am which struck me as very early. I had never seen that in a hotel before. It may have been our proximity to the reception, but the room was also very noisy. We could hear people coming and going and could also hear noise from the other rooms. Finally, to add insult to injury, they charged me 130euro. In retrospect, I wouldn't have paid more that 50euro for this place, but the photos on the website and on booking.com are extremely deceptive. What's worse still is that they invoiced my for 121euro, so for the life of me, I can't understand why I've been billed for 130euro. If you're thinking of booking a room in the place, do yourself a favour and don't. Find somewhere cheaper and much more charming.

I love this place! Great location and the room that I had was huge which is a rare find in Italy. Usually, there is barely enough room to open up a suitcase. The bathroom had a jacuzzi which was an added plus. Highly recommended.